by George Ambler on May 30, 2010
The “2010 Global IBM CEO Study” was recently published, it’s one of the largest one-on-one CEO interview studies, surveying 1,541 CEOs, general managers and senior public sector leaders from 60 countries and across 33 industries. The four primary findings of this year’s survey are as follows: Today’s complexity is only expected to rise and more [...]
by George Ambler on May 30, 2010
Photo by Jaako A recent post “Developing future leaders” by Mitch McCrimmon provides and interesting perspective on the importance of leading by example as follows… “Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela had a one-off leadership impact on their respective governments without being members of those governments and having no authority within them. Similarly, [...]
by George Ambler on May 30, 2010
This video by Dan Pink provides a really insightful overview as to what motivates people. As leaders motivation is a critical leadership consideration as motivation lead to committment or complacency. Unless we can inspire and motivate people to follow and engage with the vision – leadership fails! As was so effectively illustrated in this video, [...]
by George Ambler on May 16, 2010
Photo by Scott McLeod I recently stumbled across an interesting article by William Pasmore in Forbes titled “You Need A Leadership Strategy Now” which got me thinking, especially his statement regarding change… “Change is tough and always has been. Many executives aren’t good at leading change because they don’t understand the importance of making critical [...]
by George Ambler on May 16, 2010
Photo by johnnyalive “Leaders are fascinated by the future. You are a leader if, and only if, you are restless for change, impatient for progress and deeply dissatisfied with the status quo… As a leader, you are never satisfied with the present, because in your head you can see a better future, and the [...]